PhD Position in Social Work Focused on Substance Use Problems

The Department of Social Work hereby announces a PhD position focusing on the social services' handling of substance use problems among adults.

The position is fully funded for 4 years and is located at the Department of Social Work.

The Department of Social Work is a large and creative workplace with extensive undergraduate and master's level education and research training. We also conduct very successful research, with a focus on areas central to social work; child and family, substance use, income support issues, and care for the elderly and disabled.

More information about us can be found at: Department of Social Work (https://www.su.se/enheter/institutionen-for-socialt-arbete).

Project Description

The dissertation work will be conducted within the framework of the research program Future Social Work with Substance Use (FUSS): clients, care pathways, organization, and collaboration in a changing care system. The research program is funded by Forte within the framework of the call for applied welfare research. The aim is to increase knowledge about clients' needs and pathways through the care system to create more accessible and cohesive interventions.

FUSS is developed and conducted by researchers in social work, public health science, psychiatry, organization, criminology, and sociology. It is done in close collaboration with representatives from practice and aims to create relevant knowledge that can develop the care system. The PhD candidate will be linked to the parts of FUSS that deal with mapping the care system and its clients over time. The following research questions will be central: What interventions are offered to which clients, and does the supply and offer of interventions change in connection with system changes regarding organization, distribution of responsibilities, and legal regulation? What factors are associated with different treatment pathways and what outcomes can be seen over time? What are the clients' experiences of assessment and intervention, and how is the space for user participation in the care system perceived and described?

Eligibility Requirements

To be admitted to doctoral education, the applicant must have basic and specific eligibility. The eligibility must be fulfilled by the last application date.

Basic eligibility is granted to those who have completed a degree at the advanced level, fulfilled course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at the advanced level, or otherwise acquired substantially equivalent knowledge within or outside the country.

For specific eligibility, the following applies:

• completed courses of at least 120 higher education credits in social work or another relevant main area for doctoral education in social work. At least 15 of the higher education credits must consist of a thesis at the undergraduate or advanced level.
• or have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way within or outside the country.

Teaching is conducted in Swedish and English. The PhD candidate must master these languages both orally and in writing to be able to benefit from the teaching and course literature.

Only those who are admitted or already accepted for doctoral education at a university may be employed as a PhD candidate. In the employment of a PhD candidate/admission to doctoral education, emphasis shall primarily be placed on the ability to benefit from doctoral education.

Specific eligibility is described at Study Plan for Doctoral Education (https://www.su.se/enheter/institutionen-for-socialt-arbete/utbildning/vara-utbildningar/studieplan-forskarutbildning).

Selection

Selection among applicants is made with regard to the ability to benefit from doctoral education. Selection criteria for the assessment of applicants are:

• Previous academic results, including independence and rigor in problem formulation and analysis in written works.
• Demonstrated methodological and theoretical awareness and reflexivity in submitted texts.
• Qualities in the planned knowledge contribution to the discipline.
• Previously demonstrated ability to meet given deadlines.
• Familiarity with social work, the social service handling studied in FUSS, and the specific research area the dissertation pertains to.
• Communication and collaboration skills.
• Documented experience of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis.

More information can be found at Admission Regulations for Doctoral Education (https://medarbetare.su.se/vart-su/styrning/regelboken/utbildning/antagningsordning-for-utbildning-pa-forskarniva).

About the Position

We offer a fixed-term employment as a PhD candidate according to Chapter 5 of the Higher Education Ordinance (1993:100). The employment period may not exceed what corresponds to full-time doctoral education for four years. As a PhD candidate, you will primarily focus on your own doctoral education, but the employment may include work with education, research, and administration to a limited extent (maximum 20%).

A new employment as a PhD candidate is valid for a maximum of one year, and the employment is renewed thereafter for a maximum of two years at a time.

Stockholm University is committed to being a workplace free from discrimination and providing equal rights and opportunities for all.

Contact

Further information is provided by Professor Åke Bergmark, phone 08-162581, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]), or Mats Ekendahl, Professor, phone 08-674 73 82, [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).

Application

You apply for the PhD position via Stockholm University's recruitment system. Attach a personal letter and CV as well as the documents requested in the application form. You as the applicant are responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is received by the university no later than the last application date.

Instructions for applicants can be found on the webpage: How to Apply for a Position (https://www.su.se/om-universitetet/jobba-p%C3%A5-su/att-s%C3%B6ka-en-anst%C3%A4llning).

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